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Licensed Practical Nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

ZURIEL MEDICAL STAFFING INCElgin, IL, United States
15 days ago
Job description

Benefits / Perks

  • Flexible Scheduling
  • 401 K
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Holiday pay
  • Exceptional Compensation
  • Careers Advancement

Skills

  • Service orientation
  • Active listening
  • Coordination
  • Monitoring

    • Job Summary

  • Cares for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals and similar institutions.

    • General Accountabilities

  • Administers prescribed medications or starts intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
  • Observes patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions.
  • Answers patients' calls and determines how to assist them.
  • Measures and records patients' vital signs.
  • Provides basic patient care or treatments.
  • Works as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
  • Supervises nurses' aides or assistants.
  • Assembles and uses equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
  • Records food and fluid intake and output.
  • Collects samples, such as blood and urine from patients, and performs routine laboratory tests on samples.
  • Prepares patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
  • Helps patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
  • Sterilizes equipment and supplies.
  • The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time